Senior PCB Design Engineer — Mission-Critical Hardware

Heaviside Industries; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, Vision & Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Heaviside Industries is seeking a hardware engineer to design, lay out and bring up mission-grade PCBAs for navigation computers, sensor boards and power systems in Los Angeles. You will drive high-density mixed-signal layouts and collaborate with firmware teams to tighten integration of electronics and software.

The role emphasizes power management, EM/EMC compliance, and rigorous environmental testing, with ownership of BOM and obsolescence strategies.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years designing PCBAs that shipped — flight, automotive, robotics or comparable mission-critical hardware.
• Expert with a modern EDA tool (Altium, Cadence Allegro, KiCad or equivalent).
• Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, power and high-speed design.
• Hands‑on experience with board bring‑up tools — oscilloscope, logic analyzer, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, thermal camera.
• Comfortable reading firmware and partnering with FW/embedded engineers to debug across the boundary.

Responsibilities

• Design, lay out and bring up mission-grade PCBAs — Navigation computers, sensor boards, power systems, RF front-end and seeker electronics
• Own schematic capture, component selection and DFM-aware PCB layout for high-density mixed-signal designs in tight mechanical envelopes
• Drive power architecture: battery and ordnance-grade power, DC-DC conversion and thermal management
• Design for signal integrity and EMI/EMC compliance from day one; partner with mechanical to get grounding, shielding and connector strategies right
• Specify, integrate, and bring up sensors and modules — IMUs, GNSS, baro, mag, RF transceivers and motor drivers
• Lead board bring-up side-by-side with firmware and embedded software
• Run qualification and environmental testing: thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, HALT
• Own component obsolescence, second-source strategy and the relationship between the BOM and our manufacturing line

Skills

PCB design

High-speed design

Firmware collaboration

Power electronics

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

Cadence Allegro

KiCad

Oscilloscope

Job description

Heaviside Industries is seeking a hardware engineer to design, lay out and bring up mission-grade PCBAs for navigation computers, sensor boards and power systems in Los Angeles. You will drive high-density mixed-signal layouts and collaborate with firmware teams to tighten integration of electronics and software.

The role emphasizes power management, EM/EMC compliance, and rigorous environmental testing, with ownership of BOM and obsolescence strategies.